Maryland Code, ENVIRONMENT 14-107.1
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Terms Used In Maryland Code, ENVIRONMENT 14-107.1
- Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) In this section, “hydraulic fracturing” means a stimulation treatment performed on oil and natural gas wells in low-permeability oil or natural gas reservoirs through which specially engineered fluids are pumped at high pressure and rate into the reservoir interval to be treated, causing fractures to open.
(b) A person may not engage in the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of oil or natural gas in the State.